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Our senses of taste and smell give us great pleasure. Taste helps us enjoy food and beverages. Smell lets us enjoy the scents and fragrances like roses or coffee. Taste and smell also protect us, letting us know when food has gone bad or when there is a gas leak. They make us want to eat, ensuring we get the nutrition we need.

People with taste disorders may taste things that aren't there, may not be able to tell the difference in tastes, or can't taste at all. People with smell disorders may lose their sense of smell, or things may smell different. A smell they once enjoyed may now smell bad to them.

Many illnesses and injuries can cause taste and smell disorders, including colds and head injuries. Some drugs can also affect taste and smell. Most people lose some ability to taste and smell as they get older. Treatment varies, depending on the problem and its cause.

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Treatments might be new drugs or new combinations of drugs, new surgical procedures or devices, or new ways to use existing treatments. The goal of clinical trials is to determine if a new test or treatment works and is safe. Clinical trials can also look at other aspects of care, such as improving the quality of life for people with chronic illnesses. People participate in clinical trials for a variety of reasons. Healthy volunteers say they participate to help others and to contribute to moving science forward. Participants with an illness or disease also participate to help others, but also to possibly receive the newest treatment and to have the additional care and attention from the clinical trial staff.

Change in the Taste Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and taste and smell questionnaire responses; Effect of bovine lactoferrin on lipid peroxidation byproducts in saliva as measured by the TBARs assay; Malondialdehyde (MDA) concentrations before and after a ferrous iron oral rinse; Quality of life as quantified by the Functional Assessment of Anorexia/Cachexia Treatment (FAACT) questionnaire

Change in taste disturbances using the visual analogue scale (VAS) and the Smell and Taste Questionnaire; Change in smell disturbances using the VAS and the Smell and Taste Questionnaire; Effect of bovine lactoferrin supplement on lipid peroxidation byproducts as measured by the TBARs assay; Malondialdehyde (MDA) concentrations before and after a ferrous iron oral rinse; Smelling loss as quantified by the Brief Smell Identification Test (B-SIT); Quality of life as quantified by the Functional Assessment of Anorexia/Cachexia Treatment (FAACT) and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy/Gynecologic Oncology Group-Neurotoxicity (FACT/GOG-Ntx) questionnaires

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